Tony Coaxum is the newest assistant coach on the CMU football staff, and he's a familiar face to head coach John Bonamego.
"I've known Tony Coaxum since he was an 18-year-old plebe at the United States Military Academy," Bonamego said.
Bonamego was an assistant coach at Army from 1993 to 1998. Coaxum graduated from West Point in 2000 and was a defensive back for Army. Coaxum also knows CMU defensive line coach George Ricumstrict, who coached him at Army in 1997.
"I've known Coach Bono since I've been 18," Coaxum said. "He believed in me and made the case to bring me on the team as a walk-on at Army.